Turning 18 marks a major milestone in the life of any young women, but Jyoti Amge finds herself listed into record books as officially the World’s Shortest Living Woman.
Representatives from Guinness World Records traveled to Jyoti’s hometown of Nagpur, India, to acknowledge her entry into adulthood — and her new entry into its world records.
Standing at 24.7 inches, she displaced 2-foot-3-inch American Bridgette Jordan as the world record holder. While Jyoti has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia that has limited her growth — she’s grown just a third of an inch since she was hailed the World’s Shortest Teenager in 2009, and isn’t expected to grow any further..
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